Old Glory

If you love the spectacle of immaculately-restored old machinery, or are fascinated by Britain’s rich industrial and transport heritage, Old Glory is the magazine for you! In vivid detail it brings back all the sights and sounds of yesteryear. Glorious showman’s engines belt out the amperes to drive historic fairground rides; pairs of mighty steam ploughing engines turn the soil; steam rollers make up roads once more; tram wheel flanges squeal through town and city streets; colourful working narrowboats ply the canals; dray horses deliver good ale to the pubs; vintage tractors cough into life; stationary engines turn over tirelessly and the commercial vehicles we used to know take to the road again. This magazine covers these magnificent steam engines that once powered this nation. Whether you’re interested in the latest news, stories of steam engines saved from obscurity, upcoming events or detailed features on the history of these wonderful machines you’ll find it in Old Glory.

BACK IN STEAM 45 YEARS LATER!

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BELATED ‘HAPPY NEW YEAR’

AMAZING FOWLER 4WD MINIATURE MAKES ITS MARK • James Allison’s 6in Fowler 4wd traction engine is a unique model that is a scaled-down model of a Fowler A1 prototype engine from 1885. David Reed visited James to have a close look at this eye-catching machine.

TRAGIC NEWS

BRILLIANT MODEL MAKER

PURREY, KING OF LORRIES

MTOTO/PANDORA CHANGES HANDS

BARRY HAWKINS

TRACTOR SHOW BIGGER AND BETTER FOR SPRING 2025

SOMERSET VINTAGE & CLASSIC TRACTOR SHOW

LATEST

HUGE COLLECTION SALE FOR H J PUGH

LRM’S FIRST 2025 AUTOJUMBLE

CONCOURS CONDITION 1917 BURRELL 5HP ROAD LOCOMOTIVE No. 3777 QUEEN MARY

AMOVING LINK WITH THE PAST

MODEL NEWS • Mike Neale takes his monthly look at recently released diecast models of steam waggons, vans, Land Rovers and buses in 1/18, 1/76 and 1/87 scale.

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FESTIVE ACTIVITIES

RECORD CROWDS

DOWN TO THE LOCAL

GOING WELL!

GREAT CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

BOXING DAY DEBUT

HUGE CROWD AT LARLING

LANCIA STARS AT LAKELAND MUSEUM

SIX-BELLS A BIG HIT

ENDURANCE IS BACK!

SUNSHINE ON SAUNDERS ROAD RUN

Letters • The editor is always delighted to receive your e-mails, letters, photographs and more on any subject you like! But please be sensible and courteous to everyone when you write in. Letters published are not the views of the publisher or editor. Thank you!

BOOK Reviews

LAST MAN STANDING – THE APPRENTICE AND THE ARGENTINE SENTINEL. • The Wedgewood family’s repatriation of the Argentine Sentinel S6T tipper waggon was the catalyst for a remarkable reunion with the waggon and one of the team that built it at the Sentinel Waggon Works. Simon Colbeck was there for Old Glory to witness the scene and talk with Jim Blackhurst, one of the last men alive to have worked on the production of commercial road steam vehicles.

BUILDING ABURRELL • Steven Traill completes the story of his build of a Burrell crane engine in part two of this photographic story.

“STEAM FOR ALL” – 1902 LOCOMOBILE STYLE 5 LOCOSURREY • Before the petrol engine had a total monopoly, there was still the possibility that steam cars would endure – the Locomobile Company’s steamers were the most popular cars in America for a time. Zack Stiling discovers the appeal of a 1902 Locosurrey.

MALTBY AND MORE P2 • The Fascinating History of Local Rivalry and Coachbuilding on the Kent Coast. Allan Bedford concludes the story.

BRITISH-AMERICAN P2 • Keith Haddock explores the history of American-designed construction and earthmoving machines built in the United Kingdom.

A VISIT TO LAUNCESTON STEAM RAILWAY •...